The Body Metaphor Reinforcing the Identity of the In-Group in Ephesians

Vrey, Aletta

doi:10.1353/neo.2019.0023

Neotestamentica

2019

DOI: 10.1353/neo.2019.0023

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The Body Metaphor Reinforcing the Identity of the In-Group in Ephesians

Aletta Vrey¹

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El modelo de Iglesia como mystḗryon: la comprensión de kefalḗ y sỗma en Ef 5,21-33

Granados Rojas

2024

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En este artículo se analiza el modelo de Iglesia que se encuentra en Ef 5,21-33. El estudio se ocupa de la doble metáfora κεφαλή (cabeza) y σῶμα (cuerpo), así como su articulación con el concepto de μυστήριον (misterio). Al utilizar intuiciones procedentes de la retórica Antigua y moderna, y del análisis lingüístico cognitivo, demuestra que estas metáforas transmiten un modelo cristológico y ético. El estudio examina las interpretaciones feministas y emancipadoras de este pasaje, que ponen en primer plano las relaciones jerárquicas y propone, en su lugar, una lectura que promueve las relaciones recíprocas. Las metáforas revelan una visión transformadora de la Iglesia en cuanto plenitud de Cristo, perspectiva que reconfigura las normas culturales y sociales.

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El modelo de Iglesia como mystḗryon: la comprensión de kefalḗ y sỗma en Ef 5,21-33

Granados Rojas

2024

Theol. Xave

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Order, Identity, and the “New Self”: Reading Ephesians Through Social Representations Theory

Bowes

2024

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Social representations theory (SRT) refers to an approach within social psychology focusing on systems of beliefs, concepts, and values that establish social order and allow for individuals and groups to identify and understand themselves vis-à-vis others. It involves the ascription of meaning to phenomena so that the unfamiliar is made familiar, and new concepts are integrated into existing worldviews in an ongoing process of constructing and interpreting social realities. This approach has not yet been applied to any biblical texts, and this article will explore how such an application would prove fruitful for understanding the processes of identification and community formation in early Christian groups, with a specific focus on Ephesians. This study will focus on how the concepts of reconciled differences (Eph 2.11–22) and of the “new self” (Eph 4.17–32) are communicated to the readers. Analyzing these concepts through SRT will elucidate how the author advocates for certain beliefs, concepts, and values as part of the community members’ process of aligning themselves with their newly created self. Reading Ephesians through SRT can better elucidate how the text reflects its enigmatic community, which was being formed and reformed through identification, division, and re-identification in the tumultuous second half of the first century.

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The Body Metaphor Reinforcing the Identity of the In-Group in Ephesians

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El modelo de Iglesia como mystḗryon: la comprensión de kefalḗ y sỗma en Ef 5,21-33

El modelo de Iglesia como mystḗryon: la comprensión de kefalḗ y sỗma en Ef 5,21-33

Order, Identity, and the “New Self”: Reading Ephesians Through Social Representations Theory

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